1 1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,
that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,
that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it
also in writing, saying, 2Thus saith Cyrus king of
Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the
earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem,
which is in Judah. 3Who is there among you of all his
people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which
is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is
the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 4And whosoever remaineth
in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him
with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside
the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

5Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and
Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose
spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which
is in Jerusalem. 6And all they that were about them
strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with
goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that
was willingly offered.

7Also Cyrus the king brought forth
the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had
brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his
gods; 8Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by
the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto
Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9And this is the number
of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver,
nine and twenty knives, 10Thirty basons of gold, silver
basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a
thousand. 11All the vessels of gold and of silver were
five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up
with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto
Jerusalem.

2 1Now these
are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity,
of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto
Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2Which came
with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai,
Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the
people of Israel: 3The children of Parosh, two thousand
an hundred seventy and two. 4The children of Shephatiah,
three hundred seventy and two. 5The children of Arah,
seven hundred seventy and five. 6The children of
Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight
hundred and twelve. 7The children of Elam, a thousand two
hundred fifty and four. 8The children of Zattu, nine
hundred forty and five. 9The children of Zaccai, seven
hundred and threescore. 10The children of Bani, six
hundred forty and two. 11The children of Bebai, six
hundred twenty and three. 12The children of Azgad, a
thousand two hundred twenty and two. 13The children of
Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. 14The children of
Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. 15The children of
Adin, four hundred fifty and four. 16The children of Ater
of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 17The children of Bezai,
three hundred twenty and three. 18The children of Jorah,
an hundred and twelve. 19The children of Hashum, two
hundred twenty and three. 20The children of Gibbar,
ninety and five. 21The children of Bethlehem, an hundred
twenty and three. 22The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
24The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. 25The
children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and
forty and three. 26The children of Ramah and Gaba, six
hundred twenty and one. 27The men of Michmas, an hundred
twenty and two. 28The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred
twenty and three. 29The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
30The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
31The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty
and four. 32The children of Harim, three hundred and
twenty. 33The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven
hundred twenty and five. 34The children of Jericho, three
hundred forty and five. 35The children of Senaah, three
thousand and six hundred and thirty.

36The priests: the
children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy
and three. 37The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and
two. 38The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred
forty and seven. 39The children of Harim, a thousand and
seventeen.

40The Levites: the children of Jeshua and
Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.

41The
singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.

42The
children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of
Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of
Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.

43The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of
Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44The children of
Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, 45The
children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the
children of Hanan, 47The children of Giddel, the children
of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48The children of
Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 49The
children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the
children of Nephusim, 51The children of Bakbuk, the
children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 52The
children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
53The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the
children of Thamah, 54The children of Neziah, the
children of Hatipha.

55The children of Solomon's
servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the
children of Peruda, 56The children of Jaalah, the
children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 57The
children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. 58All the
Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three
hundred ninety and two. 59And these were they which went
up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could
not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of
Israel: 60The children of Delaiah, the children of
Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

61And
of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the
children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the
daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their
name: 62These sought their register among those that were
reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they,
as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63And the Tirshatha
said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things,
till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

64The
whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred
and threescore, 65Beside their servants and their maids,
of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven:
and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
66Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their
mules, two hundred forty and five; 67Their camels, four
hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and
twenty.

68And some of the chief of the fathers, when they
came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely
for the house of God to set it up in his place: 69They
gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore
and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver,
and one hundred priests' garments. 70So the priests, and
the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the
porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in
their cities.

3 1And when
the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the
cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to
Jerusalem. 2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and
his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer
burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the
man of God. 3And they set the altar upon his bases; for
fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and
they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt
offerings morning and evening. 4They kept also the feast
of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt
offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every
day required; 5And afterward offered the continual burnt
offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the
LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered
a freewill offering unto the LORD. 6From the first day of
the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD.
But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
7They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters;
and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of
Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa,
according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

8Now
in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their
brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come
out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from
twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of
the LORD. 9Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his
brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set
forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with
their sons and their brethren the Levites. 10And when the
builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the
priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of
Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David
king of Israel. 11And they sang together by course in
praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for
his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people
shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the
foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 12But many
of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were
ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of
this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and
many shouted aloud for joy: 13So that the people could
not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the
weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and
the noise was heard afar off.